Repost from @guardian using @RepostRegramApp - An American poacher was recently given a special addition to his sentence for illegally killing hundreds of deer in the midwestern state of Missouri. As well as a year-long jail term, the man was ordered by the court to watch the Disney classic Bambi at least once a month while in prison. Conservation agents have called it one of the largest deer poaching cases in the state's history.

There’s nothing like chronic wasting disease for turning smiles like this one into frowns, which Tyson Hall (pictured) and @dougduren has experienced the past two years while hunting southwestern Wisconsin. In my latest newspaper column, I recap November’s 9-day firearms deer season, which saw a higher deer kill than in 2017, but also record CWD numbers, and license sales below 600,000 for the third straight year. Here’s the link to my column in the Wisconsin State Journal, which I’ll also put in my profile: https://madison.com/sports/recreation/outdoors/patrick-durkin-wisconsin-deer-hunt-numbers-were-great-but-news/article_a75c83b0-30e7-51b1-a1fc-a334adaeff30.html. #cwd#chronicwastingdisease#wisconsindeerhunting#deerhunting#deerhunter#deerhuntingseason